Slight Satisfaction

From Facebook Archives

31 January 2020

Am I the only one who gets a slight sense of satisfaction when the month ends on a Friday? 

It just seems so neat and tidy.

Maybe I've been staring at my year planner too long.

 

Red Letter Day

From Facebook Archives

30 January 2016 at 20:58

Red letter day!

First time I've persuaded Ferretfingers to play Scrabble (with me at least) and he won!

Ok I helped him, mainly by pointing out impossible words, and I'm not entirely sure he didn't cheat because I didn't call him out on everything.

But he still won when we subtracted the leftovers!

 

We haven’t played since, he refuses to.

 

When The Chef's Away

I don’t know why so many posts recently have been about Thunderthighs…

From Facebook Archives

29 January 2023 at 14.33

Thunderthighs is so funny.

Ferretfingers and I had no cash so I got a tenner out of him to pay for our purchases at the Birdfoodlady’s stall at Whitley Bay Green Beans market.

As it was I didn't need to break into it so when we got home (ages later after a walk to the coast and the No1 coastal bus to Byker and 63 here) I handed it back to him.

As he was going back up the stairs I asked 

"Have you thought about what you're going to have for dinner?" (the chef being away)

"Well I hadn't .... but now..." with an eyebrow raised at the tenner.

Cousin Daisy  Hahaha

Birdfoodlady  It was great to see you both x

Mrs Poet  I missed you!

Bentonbag  Despite our sizes Ferretfingers and I sometimes move like greased lightning.

 

Shouting At Helicopters

From Facebook Archives 

Facebook Messenger Mon28/Tues29 January 2019

Miss Doozer* Mon 12:12 - Was it one of your menfolk shouting at the police helicopter last night?   

Gave me a right fright!

Slept with my epee next to the bed just in case......because a sword with a button on the end is more comforting than no sword at all...

Bentonbag Mon 15:15 - Not that I noticed - mind you I never noticed the police helicopter either.  Ferretfingers does make a lot of strange noises though.

Miss Doozer Mon 16:23 - Oh it was a big shout 

"Just Go Away" - I thought we were about to become a story on crime watch!

Bentonbag Tues 08:29 - Mystery solved - it was Thunderthighs.-

I did ask him why he had shouted at the police helicopter but all I got was “why can’t they use drones?” and “why do they have to be so loud?”

* who rides a ponyand I think is training to be a knight

 

Strange Request

 

From Facebook archives

27 January 2023 at 16.29

Fester's away and I've just been up to Thunderthighs' room to have a nosy out of the back window.   

Kneeling on the bed the radiator was lovely and warm.

You can see the sky through the velux when you lie on his bed.

"Tell you what Thunderthighs, Daddy's away, why don't you sleep in big bed tonight and I'll sleep up here in yours?"

Flatly "No."

"Why not?"

"It would be strange."

Mrs Walker  He knows what he likes!

Masking Up

Being autistic and having got into the habit my boys are still wearing facemasks.  Mostly just around the neck but I believe they sometimes appreciate having something to hide behind.

From Facebook Archives

26 January2022  at 08:17

Today I shall be making rectangular facemasks for Ferretfings as his father tells me the round ones annoy him.   

Luckily we have 4 kitformed facemasks, 3 kitformed underpants, 2 kitformed joggers and a parsnip in a pear tree.

27 January 2022 at 08:19

Yesterday, after considerable nagging, I made 4 rectangular facemasks from the front of one of Ferretfingers' kitformed teeshirts yesterday.   

Getting himself sorted last night I heard him say "Nice and comfy" 

and asked "Which facemask will you be wearing tomorrow?" 

at which he pointed at one of the old circular ones.